NATIONAL PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Progress during 2011 Disaster Management Center General Directorate of Water Resources Ministry.

NATIONAL PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Progress during 2011

Disaster Management CenterGeneral Directorate of Water Resources

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

PCG NDE Annual Review Meeting 2011

Background

* 55% is expected from the State Fund, 5% from residents and 40% - in the form of grants - from other Governments and international organizations

• Acknowledging the importance of a CBDRM approach, in July 2009, the Prime Minister approved the programme: “Community awareness raising and community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM)” under Decision 1002/QD-TTg

• This ambitious, US$53.5 million project* will be implemented over a twelve-year period in about 6,000 communes frequently affected by disasters

NATIONAL PROGRAM ON COMMUNITY- BASED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Component I: strengthening capacity for managing and implementing CBDRM

Component II: improving communication and education, enhancing the capacity of the community in DRM

CBDRM Technical Working Group

Hazard, vulnerability and capacity mapping Community based DRM plans

Development plans that incorporate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

Simulation exercises

Early warning and communication

Small scale disaster mitigation works in Communities

Participatory M&E

Legal documentation Tailor-made CBDRM training, materials and coursesEquipping agencies and authorities Upgrading, improving and building offices at provincial levels and in citiesM&E

Memorandum of Understanding between MARD and the VNRC for the implementation of CBDRM, signed in December 2011

Implementation guidelines for CBDRM approved under Decision No 666/QĐ-TCTL-ĐĐ,dated 22/8/2011

ToT training materials for CBDRM approved under Decision No 583/QĐ-TCTL-ĐĐ, dated 13/7/2011

Action Plan for CBDRM implementation in 2011 with state budget managed by MARD approved

5 year Action Plan has been submitted to the GO by MARD for approval

Legislative arrangements

Monitoring and Evaluation guidelines

Financial mechanisms – to ensure a coordinatedapproach of GoV and donor/other assistance to the program

Risk assessment to determine the 6,000 Communes and a set of indicators and guidelinesfor disaster risk assessment

Provincial and Commune Action Planning Guidelines supported by JANI

DRR and CCA in school curriculum

Establishment of CBDRM workforce supported byUNDP

Legislative arrangements

Implementation to date

• 8 ToT training courses undertaken by Viet Nam Red Cross, GoV, and INGO trained trainers with 180 participants from 18 provinces: Cao Bang, Sơn La, Tuyên Quang, Thái Nguyên, Bắc Giang, Điện Biên, Yên Bái, Cà Mau, Kiên Giang, Bạc Liêu, Bến Tre, Tiền Giang, Trà Vinh, Binh Thuan, Bình Phước, Bình Dương, Đồng Nai, Can Tho

• Training workshop for trainers for relevant organizations at the national level in Hai Phong in September 2011

• Database: CBDRM website

www.dmc.gov.vnwww.dmc.gov.vn

Orientation events

• Carry out ToT training courses for the remaining provinces

• Approval of a 5 year Action Plan for the whole country

• Formation of groups of trainers at different levels (national and sub-national levels)

• Co-ordinate with Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Education and Training for implementation of some aspects of the CBDRM programme

• Development of relevant guidelines

• Development of a database, information sharing

Challenges

• A new program, implemented on a large scale (6,000 communes)

• A legislative framework needed to be developed for the program

• Financial mechanisms needed also to be developed for the program, from the national to local levels

• Formation of a team of trained trainers and training materials was an essential prerequisite

• Overlap of resources, information and database

• Management and co-ordination of different financial resources

• An overall organizational mechanism was required

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